[Python-Dev] Floating-point implementations
Lie Ryan
lie.1296 at gmail.com
Tue Dec 9 22:48:38 CET 2008
On Tue, 09 Dec 2008 12:15:53 -0500, Steve Holden wrote:
> Is anyone aware of any implementations that use other than 64-bit
> floating-point? I'd be particularly interested in any that use greater
> precision than the usual 56-bit mantissa. Do modern 64-bit systems
> implement anything wider than the normal double?
>
> regards
> Steve
Why don't we create a DecimalFloat datatype which is a variable-width
floating point number. Decimal is variable precision fixed-point number,
while the plain ol' float would be system dependent floating point.
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